Mich. teen electrocuted as storms down power line

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By WSBT News1

Story Created: Jun 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM EST

Story Updated: Jun 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM EST

OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A southwestern Michigan teenager has been electrocuted after stepping on a power line downed by storms sweeping across the state.

The Grand Rapids Press reports Christopher O'Neil stepped on the line about 11 p.m. Thursday while running to tell neighbors their Oakfield Township home might be on fire after a utility pole fell.

Meanwhile, the newspaper says a home in Sparta Township, also in Kent County, burned following a lightning strike Friday morning.

WZZM-TV reports some roads in Holland, about 25 miles southwest of Grand Rapids, are impassable due to heavy rains.

Consumers Energy Co. tells the Kalamazoo Gazette power outages are affecting just less than 54,000 of its customers statewide.

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